Transform Your Automotive Business with KanBo – The Work Coordination Platform Designed for Innovation.

(Introduction): Welcome to KanBo – the work coordination platform designed to help you stay ahead of the curve in the fast-moving automotive 4.0 world. As a Programme Manager – Finance Transformation, we understand that you need a solution that can facilitate smart factory operations, streamline project management, foster collaboration, and solve complex problems. KanBo is the platform that you’ve been looking for.

(Overview): KanBo is designed to empower your people and help you achieve your transformation goals by implementing governance, providing the right level of leadership to motivate teams, and offering coaching and mentoring to set them up for success. This platform facilitates detailed collaboration with project teams in both a supportive and challenging capacity while also being an advocate for change by influencing and educating stakeholders across the function.

(Feature Benefits): With features like powerful project management tools and robust project review landscapes and governance, KanBo ensures that you have everything you need to drive your strategic projects forward. You’ll be able to quantify the impact of strategic projects both financially and operationally and collaborate with project teams and leaders to ensure successful achievement of program goals. Stakeholder and change management are also made easy with KanBo, allowing you to clarify concerns, ensure conflict management, and provide support to handle changes in allocated projects.

(Product Tour): With our short product tour, you can experience firsthand how KanBo can help transform your automotive business. Our intuitive interface makes it easy to manage projects, review project landscapes, and communicate across your entire team. Whether you’re at site, on the go, or in the office, KanBo has you covered.

(Conclusion): KanBo is the work coordination platform that can help you transform your automotive business. With powerful tools for project management, stakeholder and change management, and communication, you’ll be able to stay ahead of the curve in the fast-moving automotive 4.0 world. Remember, when it comes to transformation, KanBo has got you covered.

Monday:

On the first day of the one-week life transformation program, you will begin by familiarizing yourself with the KanBo platform and all of its features. Spend time exploring the different views, such as Kanban, Timeline, and Gantt chart, to get a sense of how each can be used to manage automotive projects efficiently.

Tuesday:

On the second day, you will begin to integrate KanBo into your daily work routine. Start by creating a new workspace for one of your ongoing projects. Then, add all relevant team members and assign tasks to each person. Use the Kanban view to monitor progress and ensure that everything is on track.

Wednesday:

The third day is all about collaboration. Use the chat function to communicate with your team members in real-time. You can also use the @mention feature to address team members directly and get their attention. Use the document management function to share and store files related to your project.

Thursday:

On the fourth day, you will take a step back and examine your project from a higher level. Use the dashboard to create visual reports that can help you identify potential blockages or areas where things are not progressing as well as they should.

Friday:

Finally, on the last day, it’s time to reflect on the past week. Review the progress you and your team members have made. Look for areas where you might have been more efficient, and use what you learned to improve future projects. You may also want to share your experience with other managers in the automotive industry to promote best practices.

Yes, KanBo is much more than just a tool for communication. While it does offer unparalleled collaboration and communication features to teams and businesses, it also focuses on optimising work management with transparency and trust. KanBo’s work coordination platform is designed to bring all teams, departments, and external stakeholders in large enterprises together so that everyone feels like a relevant part of something greater.

KanBo’s philosophy is to simplify work coordination, so people can focus on things that only people can do. With KanBo, work is done without fear of individual reprisal and people take responsibility for their tasks. The platform supports different work styles and hybrid methodologies across your organisation to foster responsibility, autonomy and mastery. KanBo empowers company cultures based on transparency and trust.

Moreover, KanBo helps organisations maximise the ROI on their on-premise SharePoint, Microsoft Office 365, Google Suite, AWS or Salesforce. It can transform technology into something that just works by taking an employee perspective on meaningful integrations that are in harmony with your choice of infrastructure and in peace with your IT department.

KanBo’s powerful collaboration opportunities promote innovation, encouraging your team to reach their mission–whatever that may be. From enhancing work management to promoting collaboration and communication, KanBo is an all-encompassing platform that enables your people to work the way they were truly meant to–perfectly connected and always in sync.

Q&A

Q1: What makes KanBo different from other project management tools in the market?

A1: KanBo offers a powerful project management tool with robust project review landscapes and governance that allows quantifying the impact of strategic projects both financially and operationally while ensuring successful achievement of program goals. It also offers stakeholder and change management. KanBo has an intuitive interface and an in-built chat function. Moreover, it promotes collaboration and allows the user to monitor the progress of each task and keep everyone updated in real-time.

Q2: Can KanBo help with the transformation and the governance of finance projects in the automotive industry?

A2: Yes, KanBo is specifically designed to empower people and their automotive businesses by providing the right level of leadership to motivate teams and offer coaching and mentoring to set them up for success. It facilitates detailed collaboration with project teams while being an advocate for change by influencing and educating stakeholders across the function. Its project management tools, project review landscapes, and governance help quantify the impact of strategic projects both financially and operationally while ensuring successful achievement of program goals.

Q3: How does KanBo help with stakeholder and change management?

A3: KanBo allows clarifying concerns, ensuring conflict management, and providing support to handle changes in allocated projects. The platform makes it easy to communicate with team members in real-time, use the @mention feature to address team members directly, and share and store files related to your project. Dashboard reports help identify potential blockages or areas where issues are not progressing as well as they should. With KanBo, transformation and governance of finance projects in the automotive industry are made easy.

Use Case: Supporting the Development of the Finance Strategy and Strategic Programs with KanBo

At Bentley, the Program Manager for Finance Transformation uses KanBo to support the definition, development, and refinement of the Finance Strategy and allocated Strategic Programs. With KanBo’s powerful project management tools, the Program Manager can easily quantify the impact of the strategic projects both financially and operationally.

Maintaining and driving allocated strategic Programs and projects is made easy with KanBo. The Program Manager can collaborate with project teams and leaders, while also challenging them to ensure successful achievement of program goals. KanBo’s stakeholder and change management features allow the Program Manager to clarify concerns, ensure conflict management, and provide support to handle changes in allocated projects.

To ensure that robust project management tools are in place for allocated strategic projects, including project review landscapes and governance, the Program Manager can leverage KanBo’s features for project management. Regular status updates can be presented, and the need for decision and direction can be signaled to the Board Sponsor and Finance first line.

In addition to project management, KanBo enables the Program Manager to create and lead aspects of communication activities, such as events and activities to increase awareness of strategy and strategic projects to all colleagues at Bentley. KanBo’s Board Chat feature makes it simple for the Program Manager to communicate with board members and share updates easily. With KanBo’s integration with Microsoft Office, users can use familiar skills to navigate the Board Chat and communicate with ease.

Enabling the Board Chat feature is simple. The board owner can activate the chat in the Board Settings, and board members can easily enter the chat by selecting the Chat button in the Board views. With KanBo’s Board Chat, the Program Manager at Bentley can easily communicate with board members and get the support needed to drive strategic projects forward.